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歌麿浮世絵集

喜多川歌麿 画, 日本浮世絵協会 編 · 1926 · 雄山閣 · 83 pictures

A 1926 Japanese collection of ukiyo-e prints by Kitagawa Utamaro, compiled by the Japanese Ukiyo-e Society and published by Yuzankaku for collectors and students of Japanese picture books. The pictures are blurred halftone reproductions of woodblock prints showing women in patterned kimono, reclining figures, and scenes with calligraphic cartouches, offering a designer strong black-and-white compositions, tight figure groupings and vertical text panels to study for layout.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library